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5 articles tagged with #sustainable design

Kengo kuma just dropped his first US museum and it looks like the forest designed itCulture

Kengo kuma just dropped his first US museum and it looks like the forest designed it

Kengo Kuma's first US museum has landed in Pennsylvania, and it's a series of timber-clad pavilions so beautifully embedded in wetlands and nature that you might actually mistake it for the landscape itself.

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Someone turned fish pond sludge into building panels and honestly? Respect.Tech

Someone turned fish pond sludge into building panels and honestly? Respect.

Chinese design studio Bentu has developed ceramsite panels made from aquaculture pond sludge using geopolymer technology - no kiln firing required, and surprisingly architectural in the finished result.

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This chair is made from pineapple leaves and hemp, and it might be smarter than your sofaCulture

This chair is made from pineapple leaves and hemp, and it might be smarter than your sofa

A new chair made from pineapple-leaf fiber composite and hemp fabric ditches heavy frames entirely, relying on rope tension and curved forms to hold its structure - and its sitter - in perfect balance.

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This Swedish hut is literally built around a living tree, and it's as magical as it soundsCulture

This Swedish hut is literally built around a living tree, and it's as magical as it sounds

Swedish architect Ulf Mejergren has built a forest hut wrapped around a living spruce tree, using bark salvaged from beetle-damaged trees. It's equal parts ecological statement and dream hideout.

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Dubai's new wasl tower twists into the skyline with a bold sculptural formCulture

Dubai's new wasl tower twists into the skyline with a bold sculptural form

UNS's newly completed wasl tower brings a twisting, sculptural silhouette to Dubai's skyline, pairing a contrapposto-inspired form with a ceramic facade and sustainable high-rise design strategies.

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